Film Review: Divergent

Divergent opens in theaters nationwide today, March 21. Check your local listings for showtimes. As a reviewer of film, there is no greater pleasure than someone excitedly telling you that you helped them find a film that would have otherwise gone unseen. It is the clearest representation of the potential universality of film. Unfortunately, those …

Film Review: 300: Rise of an Empire

300: Rise of an Empire opens in theaters everywhere today, March 7. Check your local listings for showtimes. Sequels have become standard fare in the multiplex. With franchises gaining establishment before their first installment even experiences its release date, to see the inevitable sequel set-up in the film’s final moments is closer to expectation than …

Film Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit opens in theaters everywhere today, January 17. Check your local listings for showtimes. January is both a great and terrible time for film. On the plus side, nominations and awards are handed out for the year’s “best” films. While all of these films saw at least a limited release before the …

Film Review: Philomena

Philomena expands nationwide today, November 27. Check your local listings for showtimes. When you fill so much of your spare time watching movies, keeping track of everything becomes somewhat of a daunting task. Luckily with ever advancing technology and a swath of developers that are keenly aware of how much the pop culture consuming public …

Film Review: 12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave expands to Boston today, October 25. Check your local listings for showtimes. Reviewing film can be very complicated. Regardless of the amount of time that each review takes to write, (and trust me it is more than you think) most go without being fully read. Aggregators like Rotten Tomatoes boil the …